Composition for killing grass.



U ED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ma 22, 1906.

Application filed September 5.1905. Serial No. 277,061-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEY MARION HUL- sEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Frost, in the county of Navarro and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Com ositionsfor Killing Grass, of which the followmg'is a specification.

This invention relates to an im roved composition for killing grass, wee s, or other inds of noxious growths.

The composition consists of the following ingredients combined in substantially the proportions stated: kerosene-oil, twenty al ons; soda, two pounds; alum, two' ta leand the like, consisting of kerosene-o1], soda,

spoonfuls; citric acid, one teaspoonful. After t e ingredients have been thoroughly mixed the composition is allowed to stand for about thirty slx hours. It may then be sprayed or sprinkled on the owing grass, weeds, or other character of p ants. In about twenty minutes after spraying the grass with in com osition the grass will turn dark and rea y separate at the joints and may be easily removed with a rake or other implement without its being necessary to cut the grass; Furthermore, the composition when applied to owing plants or grass has the effect of pro ucing sourness in .the roots, killing them as deep as they grow in the ground,

and leaving'only the outerhusk. I find the composition very efficacious and expeditious in k1 ling grass, all forms of weeds,- and other objectionable plants, and especially is the what I c aim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A composltion for killing grass, weeds alum and citric acid.

2. The herein-described composition for killing grass, weeds and the like, consisting of kerosene -oil, soda, alum and citric acid mixed in substantially the pgpportions stated;

In testimony whereof I ve hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- OHARLEY MARION X HULSEY.

' v mark I Witnesses:

, G. E. Rmsnr, V J. E. LATIIIOBE. 

